Corn-planter



(."Nomoaem S. I T R U C SM J. & R W

CORN PLANTER.

No. 283,213. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.n

Ill! INI WITJV'ESSES UNITED 'STATES arnN'r OFFICE.

' lALLACE B. CURTIS AND OHN S( CURTIS, OF` POMEROY, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 283,213, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed April 11, 1&83. (No model.)

To @ZZ wwm L'tmay concern:

Be it known that we, WALLACE B. CURrIs and JOHN S. CURTIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Pomeroy, inthe county of Meigs and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-i.

Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being ha'd to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speci iication, and to the letters and figures, of reference marked thereon. t

l Figure l of the drawings is a central section of ahorn-planter constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section taken on linea of Fig.' l, Fig. 3,

" a similar view taken on line y y of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a detail view, in perspective, of the slide, Fig. r5, a similar view of the valveplate.; and Fig. 6, a detail view, in perspective, of the lower end of the planter. Y

This invention has relation to improvements in hand corn-planters; and it consists in -the t construction and arrangement of parts, as here sides, b, and flexible partitions c, which divide f inafter described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.` i

.In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the two sections forming the sides ofthe planter, having at their `upper ends suitable handles, a, and at their lower ends, near their extremities, hinged together in any convenient manner.

The sections A B have the usual rlexible the interior of the planter into two separate conduits, C D.l The section A has secured `to it a suitable hopper for the corn or seed, as shown at E, the same being provided with a hinged cover, d, and a recessed bottom, e, said bottom having a bevel-cleat, f, secured there to to more effectually conduct the seed or corn to the openings g side by side in a slide, F. This slide F is seated in the recessed bottom c of the hopper, and extends through openings h in the Ahopper and a similar opening in the section A, the slide having a shank,

t', extending through an opening, k, in the section B, and held therein by a rod, Z, passing through a hole in said section and a hole in the shank. \Vhen it is desired to remove the slide F, the rod Z is withdrawn, and the slide is passed out through the opening h in the front of the hopper.

The slide F, upon its upper side, has secured to it a pin, m, which entersone of a line of perforations a in a valve-plate, G, said plate also having a longitudinal slot, p, to admit the adjustment of the plate to regulate the slide F, regulates the feed of the grain to the Vconduits O D, and also separates it.

` To the lower end of thesections A B are secured bifurcated blades H, which make two separate openings in the earth for the grain. Thus by the two openings gin the slide F and the two conduits O D the grain is deposited in the ground'withA from two to four inches of dirt between the grains in the hill. There corn is dropped all in a bunch, or in one opening, the roots mat or clingtogether to such an extent that in thinning out, the whole hill or number of stalks are pulled up, or, if broken off, several shoots or sprouts is the result. Y This difcultyis `overcome by using a planter constructed as herein described, because it leaves a sufiicient quantity of earth between the corn in the hill to keep the roots apart until the corn is large enough to be thinned. The valve-.plate G, at its front end, has two tongues, s, bent in a downward direction at right angles to the plate, which enter the openings gin the slideF, to form an additional security against lateral displacement of the plate, and more perfectly conduct the grain through the openings.l

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Aadjusting-plateGr, the Whole constructed and arranged to operate as shown and described.

In testimony that We claim the above We have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two Witnesses.

` WALLACE B. CURTIS.

JOHN S. CURTIS.

\Vitnesses as to Wallace By Curtis v XV. WV. MERRICK,

. O. L. BRADBURY. l Vitnesses as to John S. Curtis:

E. W. JoHNsoN,

ELIJAH STONE. 

